A revision of dragon millipedes III: the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 25 Sep 2018 Denmark, Germany Publisher:Museum National D'Histoire NaturelleJournal:European Journal of Taxonomy (eissn: 2118-9773,

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Authors: Ruttapon Srisonchai; Henrik Enghoff; Natdanai Likhitrakarn; Somsak Panha;

doi: 10.5852/ejt.2018.463 , 10.5852/ejt.2018.462 , 10.60692/8sbmm-k7d25 , 10.60692/p7bc7-72973 , 10.60692/z19bh-art25 , 10.60692/32fz1-h8y47

A revision of dragon millipedes III: the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov., with the description of three new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)

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The ‘gigas’ group of dragon millipedes, formerly placed in the genus Desmoxytes Chamberlin, 1923, is revised and assigned to the new genus Gigaxytes gen. nov. Desmoxytes gigas Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994 is the type species of the new genus and is redescribed as G. gigas (Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994) gen. et comb nov. Three new species are described: G. fusca gen et sp. nov. from Thailand and Myanmar; G. parvoterga gen et sp. nov. and G. suratensis gen et sp. nov. from Thailand. All Gigaxytes species are endemic to small distribution areas in limestone habitats in South Thailand and South Myanmar. Illustrations of external morphological characters and an identification key to all known species are provided as well as a distribution map.

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Denmark, Germany

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University of Copenhagen
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Keywords

Arthropoda, Species Delimitation, Phylogenetic Analysis of Spiders and Their Evolution, 590, taxonomy, Evolutionary Patterns in Subterranean Environments, Diplopoda, Paradoxosomatidae, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Animalia, dragon millipede, Key (lock), Biology, Taxonomy, new species, Global and Planetary Change, Genus, Ecology, Myriapoda, Botany, Life Sciences, Paleontology, Biodiversity, Thailand, Global Amphibian Declines and Extinctions, Taxonomy (biology), Earth and Planetary Sciences, Habitat, Dragon millipede, QL1-991, Polydesmida, QK1-989, FOS: Biological sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Science, Millipede, ddc:590, endemic, Type species, Zoology, Identification key

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